"Eh! You are a strong, you know that you are strong, but don't go on a rampage! If you hit me, you'll have to bump into the prince, how good are you?! The housekeeper covered his head, only to feel that Venus was spinning in front of him!

Ah Zhuang hurriedly bowed: "The housekeeper is responsible, and the slave is in a hurry to talk back to the prince, and he didn't stop when he was ruthless." Don't dare in the future! ”

"What's so important?" Liu He asked.

"Back to the master, the old princess is here! I also brought more than a dozen boxes. I'm sitting in the main hall waiting for my master! "Ah Zhuang really thinks that today's mansion is related to the box, and it will be sent from the palace in a while, and the old princess will send it in a while.

"Mother?" Liu He was a little unconvinced, since the Fenggong Mansion over the years, Princess Sheng has been here a few times, today is neither a New Year's Festival, nor an event, why did he come.

"Exactly!"

Liu He was silent, and after a while, he turned to the housekeeper: "Erniang has been out of the house?" ”

"No! None of the girls ever went out. I go to Sanniang Courtyard every day. ”

Erniang is the old maid of the Sheng Palace, and it was the old princess who gave Liu He as a concubine. The housekeeper knew that the master was speculating that Erniang couldn't stand this very cold, so he went to Princess Sheng to cry and complain, wanting her to persuade her. But since the master confessed, he has been watched tightly, and there will be no mistakes!

"Master, not only a few girls, but even the people around them have never gone out." The housekeeper was afraid that Liu He was still suspicious, so he rushed to plug the leak before he could ask.

"Those boxes! Master! The housekeeper woke up suddenly: "The slave guessed that the old princess knew that the master was about to recruit, so she came to add some!" ”

"Let's go! I can't keep my mother waiting! Liu He got up and walked to the hall. As for why Princess Sheng came, don't you know when you see it?!

Liu He lost his mother when he was young, but he never suffered a little grievance because of the loss of his mother or his concubine in the Shengwang Mansion. Princess Sheng is very strict and has a clear hierarchy, although she will not treat those sons and girls in the palace harshly, she will never give them a good treatment. Among them, only Liu He is an exception. Not only was he raised by Princess Sheng under his own name after losing his mother, but his food and clothing were no different from that of his son. If you want Liu He to comment on how Princess Sheng treats him, that is the word "polite"! That is, because of this "politeness", Liu He always felt that he was a guest of King Sheng's mansion, and the princess was just doing her best to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

In the blink of an eye, Liu He was already standing under the plaque of "sparse shadows and shallow", and he looked inward, but he did not see Princess Sheng. Just as he was introspecting whether he was so late that his mother was impatient to return, he suddenly heard a "Yan'er" and brought his eyes to the newly planted plums and laurels in front of the court.

"Yaoyan, please concubine!" Liu He stepped forward and saluted: "Yaoyan is late, tired of waiting for the concubine for a long time." ”

"Nothing! The main palace has been in the future for a long time, and today is a good time to visit! "Princess Sheng is rich and dignified, and her spirit is radiant. Xu is a continuation of the family lineage on horseback, although he is over half a hundred years old, he is still tall and neat, without a trace of old age.

"Yaoyan, are these newly planted by you? This palace remembers that it was not like this in your house before! Princess Sheng retreated, took Liu He's hand, and slowly walked into the hall together.

Liu He was silent at first, and only after Princess Sheng sat down did he reply: "What the concubine said is that they were all newly planted after Yaoyan came back. ”

Princess Sheng smiled, picked up the tea cup that had just been served, opened the lid and smelled it, and blew lightly on the tea for a long time, muttering to herself as if intentionally or unintentionally: "This palace wants to drink tea, but I think this tea is in the way, but if there is no this tea, there is only white water to drink." ”

Liu He naturally understands his mother's voice, but now he doesn't like to hear this!

"Mother, don't you think it's good?"

"How could it be bad?! Plum and Guiben are both noble and elegant woods. Nature is good. The mother just thinks that these two things are too cold. It's been a long time, and this heart is going to be cold! ”

Princess Sheng saw Liu He's dull face, and knew that she couldn't say anything further, after all, she didn't come here today for these. Don't say nothing yet, just beg for a cup of tea, then it's boring!

"Bengong saw that the osmanthus flowers were about to bloom. To open up, this aroma is lively and pleasant. Yan'er should remember to call the palace to appreciate the laurel at that time. ”

"As long as the mother concubine is willing to come, Yaoyan can't ask for it." Princess Sheng no longer mentioned anything cold, and Liu He's stiff face finally had a smile: "It's rare for the mother concubine to come here, but today she suddenly came, Yaoyan didn't prepare, she neglected the mother concubine, the mother concubine is not strange!" ”

"We are mother and son! Where did those false tricks come from? Yaoyan doesn't dislike your mother, it's good to come uninvited! Princess Sheng "haha" smiled, and her heroic spirit was not inferior to the man: "This palace is here today, I can't see the son I raised being wronged, so I will make up for you!" ”

"Your father is angry when he comes to court today. Bengong naturally wants to ask, under this question。。。。。。 This is not! This is where the main palace comes! ”

"It stands to reason that it is a blessing and a good thing to be rewarded by His Majesty! But now that I am afraid that the capital has spread all over the city, Zheng Guifei rewarded King Yao with the decree of His Majesty, and she can only compete with the commoners of the cold family. ”

"Although you are a branch of the palace, you are still a child of the palace, you marry the princess, and you marry a daughter-in-law in the palace. We all know that you are poor, and this money is spent on making friends with customers, so it is not surprising that you are not prepared for the levy! But if it is ridiculed to you like this, this palace will not agree! ”

"The lack of things in our family is naturally our family's own idea, no matter how bad it is, it is better than others sending beggars. Therefore, the palace brought sixteen boxes, and the precious things that should be there should be all there. This is what my father and mother should have prepared for you, and you should not shirk it, but did you hear it? ”

After Princess Sheng finished speaking, Liu He's heart warmed. Although he has been courteous and thoughtful over the years, he has never deliberately and specially honored his father and mother. Now, for fear of being wronged, they have prepared sixteen boxes of levies。。。。。。

"Mother, Yaoyan didn't care about these virtual things. Moreover, the father's and mother's mansions are also complicated, and the expenses are very large. Yaoyan is ashamed of not honoring his father and mother, how can he receive such a generous gift? ”

"You don't care? You don't care about the princess you want to marry? If you take the ones given by the palace to pay for the levy, who is willing to marry the girl to you? ”

Princess Sheng put down the teacup in her hand and was a little angry: "Let's stop those words that I like or don't like, whether I want to or not." Which son of the clan marries a wife who is willing to marry?! No matter who she is, if she wants to marry, she must always be decent, and this palace is not afraid of breaking others, but afraid of breaking the reputation of Shengwangfu and Yaowangfu! ”

Liu He knew that Princess Sheng was used to being a very decent person, but now she couldn't tell the truth, and she was ashamed of it, so she had to find a reason not to accept these, so he knelt in front of Princess Sheng and bowed: "Yaoyan is grateful to my father and mother!" Mother's great grace, Yaoyan remembers it in his heart! Yaoyan hates himself and is not filial! Today the hatred is even greater! It's even more unbearable! The mother concubine has always been diligent and thrifty, but now she is so generous to Yaoyan, how can Yaoyan bear it? ! How will you face those sisters and brothers in the future?! ”

"Hongu knew you would be like this! Get up first, then speak! Princess Sheng grabbed Liu He and dragged her up, where did Liu He dare to really let her exert herself, so she had to stand up, a little bitterly smiling.

"This Shengwang Mansion, poor to poor, and three loads of copper, don't worry about Yan'er. It's you, let the prince and the palace worry! ”

Princess Sheng pulled Liu He to sit down in the guest seat, and the two of them were side by side: "Since you went south, the prince and the palace have heard a lot of things. Okay, bad, that's all there. Beside it, the palace doesn't care. It's just your marriage。。。。。。 Princess Sheng patted Liu He's hand and sighed: "People live for a lifetime, don't be too stubborn." Bengong just said that you are cold and cold, and what I am afraid of is that you will be cold in your heart for the rest of your life! It's already bumpy enough。。。。。。 ”

"Don't worry! Yao Yan knows how to deal with it properly! Is the mother concubine trustworthy Yaoyan? Liu He clenched Princess Sheng's hand, and the warmth in his heart became stronger. This mother-in-law who raised herself turned out to be not only "polite" and "preferential" to herself, but also sincere mother-son love!

Princess Sheng looked at Liu He for a long time, her eyes flashed with various emotions, and finally smiled kindly: "Mother believes in you!" If you don't believe, you won't come today. ”

The mother and son looked at each other and smiled, but Liu He read a trace of hesitation and unbearable in the eyes of the mother concubine, as if there was still 。。。。。。 And the sorrow that I want to hide but can't hide。。。。。。

"But the concubine still hasn't explained anything to Yaoyan?"

As soon as Liu He asked, Princess Sheng trembled, her eyes were bright and dark, and she was in a trance for a long time, sitting as if she had lost her soul.

"Mother?" Liu He frowned, and his heart suddenly jumped a few beats: This 。。。。。。 What do you mean?!

Princess Sheng closed her eyes and sighed, and when she opened her eyes again, Liu He couldn't find those chaotic gazes: "Yan'er." Hongu is not in a hurry to go back today. You take your mother to go shopping, and then find a quiet and uninhabited place, and our mother and son can talk well! ”

"Good! Yaoyan accompanied her mother to have a good visit! ”

Liu He was still a little uneasy, so he called Ah Zhuang in, said a few dishes and snacks that Princess Sheng liked to eat, and asked him to order the kitchen to prepare them. turned around and went to Princess Fusheng: "Where does the mother want to go?" ”

"Yan'er, go! Hold that box! Princess Sheng didn't want him to help her, and pointed to a wooden box placed in a corner and said.

Liu He followed his mother's point, approached and looked, only to see that the box was about two feet square, the material was heavy, the wood was precious, the box was painted with lacquer and gold, and there were gem inlays around the lock. At a glance, you can see that it is not a vulgar thing.

Liu He secretly thought, this should also be sent by his father and mother to be requisitioned. It's just that this one should be especially valuable.

"Yaoyan helps the mother concubine to go, just let Ah Zhuang hold this box!" No matter how valuable the box is, it is also an object, and it is the same for whoever holds it. Thinking like this, Liu He still stepped forward to support Princess Sheng.

"No! No one else can touch this box! I must go and hug Yan'er in person! ”